Re: Debian vs. other firewall/server operating systems

2011-02-28 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
on 01:00 Mon 28 Feb, Jason Hsu (jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com) wrote: > I can't comment on other distros as servers, as my experience at the > server level has so far been with a minimal command-line only Debian > Stable installation. (When I'm given the option of installing > packages for the graphical

Re: Debian vs. other firewall/server operating systems

2011-02-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 28 feb 11, 09:13:16, Curt Howland wrote: > > From: Klistvud > > Because, without realizing it, people are usually their own worst =20 > > enemy. Short-sightedness rules. > > One of the reasons democracy is such an awful form of government. > > It works in a voluntary organization, and the

Re: Debian vs. other firewall/server operating systems

2011-02-28 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Curt Howland wrote: > > Now if Unity would work under VirtualBox, I could give it a good going > over. But NoooOOOooo https://launchpad.net/~unity-2d-team/+archive/unity-2d-daily -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subje

Re: Debian vs. other firewall/server operating systems

2011-02-28 Thread Curt Howland
> From: Klistvud > Because, without realizing it, people are usually their own worst =20 > enemy. Short-sightedness rules. One of the reasons democracy is such an awful form of government. It works in a voluntary organization, and the Debian project demonstrates that admirably. > Agreed, =20 >

Re: Debian vs. other firewall/server operating systems

2011-02-28 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 28. 02. 2011 08:00:14 je Jason Hsu napisal(a): Given all this, what are the reasons for using the other server operating systems? WHY WHY WHY are there Windows servers out there? I know that Windows has only a small percentage of the server market, but given its inferior stability an

Re: Debian vs. other firewall/server operating systems

2011-02-27 Thread Eero Volotinen
> Why do people use Ubuntu on the server given that Debian is more stable?  Why > do people use RedHat given that it has proprietary features in it?  (While > it's not Windows, it sounds like a step in the wrong direction.)  I've heard > that CentOS is RHEL is supported seven to ten years on ea

Debian vs. other firewall/server operating systems

2011-02-27 Thread Jason Hsu
I can't comment on other distros as servers, as my experience at the server level has so far been with a minimal command-line only Debian Stable installation. (When I'm given the option of installing packages for the graphical desktop, web server, mail server, etc., I don't select any of them.)